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Originally Posted by Bob Gray

I live in the Midwest, Indianapolis to be exact. The U.S. has pros and cons about living here. I think we tend to underestimate the amount of freedom we do have, it definitely is not a perfect system though. Healthcare sucks, the wealthy rule the country (nothing new to any other country I'm sure), we are constantly being lied to by all political parties, our prisons are over crowded because we imprison people for nonsense, I could go on and on. Yet, we also have the opportunities to become wealthy and make a name for ourselves, we have the freedom to speak out against what we don't like, we have the resources to find out the truth about matters, and we have the ability to unite together and change things hopefully for the better. This country was built on rebellion and it could definitely get to that point again. I hope not, but then again, the world is over-populated, lol.

Here in the Midwest, we have a lot of backwards thinking and christian fundamentalism as well as racism (It is not as bad as it used to be but it is still prevalent). We are not as health conscious or environmentally conscious as we should be either, it has been improving dramatically in the last few years though. We still have a lot of farm country but much of what we had has been plowed away to make room for urban development

Our cost of living is still fairly low compared to other regions but so are our wages.

Here in Indiana we don't have any beaches or mountains but we have plenty of wilderness and rolling hills especially in the southern part of the state, the northern part is relatively flat and makes up the majority of our farming areas.

I'd say we have just as much recreation as anywhere else, save instead of going to the beach, we go camping instead

We are a pretty close-knit bunch as well, everyone knows everyone else in small communities and towns. That's not to say that we our unfriendly to outsiders, in fact, I'd say that we have adopted a bit of that southern hospitality mentality.

Well that's all I've got.

I spent the second half of my childhood in Indy. What area are you from?